OK, that makes two with the same problem. I checked your config fileagainst mine and I can see no relevant differences, everything whichmatters for net booting is the same. However, in my case the NIC drivernever comes in, neither does the serial driver (I tried using a serialconsole). Also, I can boot from a floppy with lilo, which does not dependat all on dhcp/bootp/rarp. Well, there is _something_ broken in there...

Any more net booters out there having the same problem? If you haven'tyet, have a crack at 2.2.18. Looks like it breaks NFS root, and that issomething that should be looked into...

I'm forwarding to linux-kernel as requested, but I did receive two copiesof your message, so I guess it circulated OK. Regards,

---------------------------------------------------------------- Jorge L. deLyra, Associate Professor of Physics The University of Sao Paulo, IFUSP-DFMA For more information: finger delyra@latt.if.usp.br----------------------------------------------------------------> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 22:20:46 -0700> From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>> To: "Jorge L. deLyra" <delyra@latt.if.usp.br>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org> Subject: Re: NFS root doesn't work with 2.2.18.> > "Jorge L. deLyra" wrote:> > > > Hi,> > > > I had a K7 booting kernel 2.2.17 OK and mounting an NFS root but that> > doesn't work anymore if I use the 2.2.18 kernel.> > > > Both kernels were compiled with the same configs. I'm also using the same> > lilo and NBI configs, both used to work. In either case the new kernel> > boots but can't mount the root. I can't boot 2.2.18 via NBI because I> > don't see any messages, looks like the serial driver never comes in.> > > > I send below the relevant parts of the boot messages for the 2.2.17 and> > 2.2.18 kernels. Looks like 2.2.18 never gets to the point of trying to> > raise the network and panics because it can't find its root. Is this a> > known problem? Is there a known fix?> > I have the same problem, but for some reason mail sent to LK just> dissappears into a black hole (I receive it fine...)> > Could you foward this mail to LK for me?> > > NOTE: It fails to work in exactly the same way on 2.4.prerelease.> > I am able to successfully net-boot (using nfs-root, kernel-bootp, etc)> kernel 2.2.17 with the config file attached. However, if I use that same> config file on 2.2.18, the resulting kernel will not net-boot.> The config file is attached.> > The problem seems to be that the kernel never asks for the address via dhcp (or bootp)> after the boot-rom has downloaded and started the kernel.> I do see the kernel discover the ethernet interfaces, but it dies shortly> there-after.> > Here is the config:> > > #> # Automatically generated make config: don't edit> #> > #> # Code maturity level options> #> CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y> > #> # Processor type and features> #> # CONFIG_M386 is not set> # CONFIG_M486 is not set> CONFIG_M586=y> # CONFIG_M586TSC is not set> # CONFIG_M686 is not set> CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y> CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y> CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y> CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y> CONFIG_1GB=y> # CONFIG_2GB is not set> # CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION is not set> # CONFIG_MTRR is not set> # CONFIG_SMP is not set> > #> # Loadable module support> #> CONFIG_MODULES=y> # CONFIG_MODVERSIONS is not set> # CONFIG_KMOD is not set> > #> # General setup> #> CONFIG_NET=y> CONFIG_PCI=y> # CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set> # CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set> CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y> CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y> CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y> CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y> # CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set> CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y> # CONFIG_MCA is not set> # CONFIG_VISWS is not set> CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y> # CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT is not set> CONFIG_SYSCTL=y> CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y> CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y> CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y> # CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA is not set> # CONFIG_PARPORT is not set> # CONFIG_APM is not set> # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set> > #> # Plug and Play support> #> # CONFIG_PNP is not set> > #> # Block devices> #> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y> > #> # Please see Documentation/ide.txt for help/info on IDE drives> #> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI is not set> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640=y> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640_ENHANCED is not set> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000=y> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI=y> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA=y> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OFFBOARD is not set> CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO=y> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_OPTI621 is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_TRM290 is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NS87415 is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82C586 is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD646 is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CS5530 is not set> # CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS is not set> > #> # Additional Block Devices> #> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set> CONFIG_PARIDE_PARPORT=y> # CONFIG_PARIDE is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set> # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD is not set> > #> # Networking options> #> CONFIG_PACKET=y> CONFIG_NETLINK=y> CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y> CONFIG_FIREWALL=y> CONFIG_FILTER=y> CONFIG_UNIX=y> CONFIG_INET=y> # CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST is not set> CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER=y> CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y> CONFIG_NETLINK=y> CONFIG_IP_MULTIPLE_TABLES=y> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH=y> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_TOS=y> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_VERBOSE=y> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_LARGE_TABLES=y> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_NAT=y> CONFIG_IP_PNP=y> # CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP is not set> CONFIG_IP_PNP_BOOTP=y> # CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP is not set> CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL=y> CONFIG_IP_FIREWALL_NETLINK=y> CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y> CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_FWMARK=y> CONFIG_IP_TRANSPARENT_PROXY=y> # CONFIG_IP_MASQUERADE is not set> CONFIG_IP_ROUTER=y> # CONFIG_NET_IPIP is not set> # CONFIG_NET_IPGRE is not set> CONFIG_IP_ALIAS=y> # CONFIG_ARPD is not set> # CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES is not set> > #> # (it is safe to leave these untouched)> #> # CONFIG_INET_RARP is not set> CONFIG_SKB_LARGE=y> # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set> > #> # > #> # CONFIG_IPX is not set> # CONFIG_ATALK is not set> # CONFIG_X25 is not set> # CONFIG_LAPB is not set> # CONFIG_BRIDGE is not set> # CONFIG_LLC is not set> CONFIG_VLAN_802_1Q=y> # CONFIG_ECONET is not set> # CONFIG_WAN_ROUTER is not set> # CONFIG_NET_FASTROUTE is not set> # CONFIG_NET_HW_FLOWCONTROL is not set> # CONFIG_CPU_IS_SLOW is not set> > #> # QoS and/or fair queueing> #> # CONFIG_NET_SCHED is not set> > #> # Telephony Support> #> # CONFIG_PHONE is not set> > #> # SCSI support> #> # CONFIG_SCSI is not set> > #> # I2O device support> #> # CONFIG_I2O is not set> > #> # Network device support> #> CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y> > #> # ARCnet devices> #> # CONFIG_ARCNET is not set> CONFIG_DUMMY=y> # CONFIG_BONDING is not set> # CONFIG_EQUALIZER is not set> # CONFIG_ETHERTAP is not set> # CONFIG_NET_SB1000 is not set> > #> # Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)> #> CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set> CONFIG_LANCE=y> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set> # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set> CONFIG_RTL8139=y> # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set> CONFIG_NET_EISA=y> # CONFIG_PCNET32 is not set> # CONFIG_AC3200 is not set> # CONFIG_APRICOT is not set> # CONFIG_CS89x0 is not set> # CONFIG_DM9102 is not set> # CONFIG_DE4X5 is not set> CONFIG_DEC_ELCP=y> # CONFIG_DGRS is not set> # CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100 is not set> # CONFIG_LNE390 is not set> # CONFIG_NE3210 is not set> CONFIG_NE2K_PCI=y> # CONFIG_TLAN is not set> # CONFIG_VIA_RHINE is not set> # CONFIG_SIS900 is not set> # CONFIG_ES3210 is not set> # CONFIG_EPIC100 is not set> # CONFIG_ZNET is not set> # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set> > #> # Ethernet (1000 Mbit)> #> # CONFIG_ACENIC is not set> # CONFIG_HAMACHI is not set> # CONFIG_YELLOWFIN is not set> # CONFIG_SK98LIN is not set> # CONFIG_FDDI is not set> # CONFIG_HIPPI is not set> CONFIG_PPP=y> > #> # CCP compressors for PPP will also be built in.> #> CONFIG_SLIP=y> CONFIG_SLIP_COMPRESSED=y> CONFIG_SLIP_SMART=y> # CONFIG_SLIP_MODE_SLIP6 is not set> # CONFIG_NET_RADIO is not set> > #> # Token ring devices> #> CONFIG_TR=y> CONFIG_IBMTR=y> CONFIG_IBMLS=y> CONFIG_IBMOL=y> CONFIG_SKTR=y> CONFIG_OLTR=y> # CONFIG_NET_FC is not set> # CONFIG_RCPCI is not set> # CONFIG_SHAPER is not set> > #> # Wan interfaces> #> # CONFIG_HOSTESS_SV11 is not set> # CONFIG_COSA is not set> # CONFIG_SEALEVEL_4021 is not set> # CONFIG_SYNCLINK_SYNCPPP is not set> # CONFIG_LANMEDIA is not set> # CONFIG_COMX is not set> # CONFIG_HDLC is not set> # CONFIG_DLCI is not set> # CONFIG_SBNI is not set> > #> # Amateur Radio support> #> # CONFIG_HAMRADIO is not set> > #> # IrDA (infrared) support> #> # CONFIG_IRDA is not set> > #> # ISDN subsystem> #> # CONFIG_ISDN is not set> > #> # Old CD-ROM drivers (not SCSI, not IDE)> #> # CONFIG_CD_NO_IDESCSI is not set> > #> # Character devices> #> CONFIG_VT=y> CONFIG_VT_CONSOLE=y> CONFIG_SERIAL=y> # CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE is not set> # CONFIG_SERIAL_EXTENDED is not set> # CONFIG_SERIAL_NONSTANDARD is not set> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y> CONFIG_UNIX98_PTY_COUNT=256> CONFIG_MOUSE=y> > #> # Mice> #> # CONFIG_ATIXL_BUSMOUSE is not set> # CONFIG_BUSMOUSE is not set> # CONFIG_MS_BUSMOUSE is not set> CONFIG_PSMOUSE=y> # CONFIG_82C710_MOUSE is not set> # CONFIG_PC110_PAD is not set> > #> # Joysticks> #> # CONFIG_JOYSTICK is not set> # CONFIG_QIC02_TAPE is not set> # CONFIG_WATCHDOG is not set> # CONFIG_NVRAM is not set> # CONFIG_RTC is not set> > #> # Video For Linux> #> # CONFIG_VIDEO_DEV is not set> # CONFIG_DTLK is not set> > #> # Ftape, the floppy tape device driver> #> # CONFIG_FTAPE is not set> > #> # Filesystems> #> # CONFIG_QUOTA is not set> CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y> # CONFIG_ADFS_FS is not set> # CONFIG_AFFS_FS is not set> # CONFIG_HFS_FS is not set> CONFIG_FAT_FS=y> CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y> # CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS is not set> CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y> CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y> # CONFIG_JOLIET is not set> # CONFIG_MINIX_FS is not set> # CONFIG_NTFS_FS is not set> # CONFIG_HPFS_FS is not set> CONFIG_PROC_FS=y> CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS=y> # CONFIG_QNX4FS_FS is not set> # CONFIG_ROMFS_FS is not set> CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y> # CONFIG_SYSV_FS is not set> # CONFIG_UFS_FS is not set> # CONFIG_EFS_FS is not set> > #> # Network File Systems> #> # CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set> CONFIG_NFS_FS=y> CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y> CONFIG_NFSD=y> # CONFIG_NFSD_SUN is not set> CONFIG_SUNRPC=y> CONFIG_LOCKD=y> # CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set> # CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set> > #> # Partition Types> #> # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set> # CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION is not set> # CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is not set> # CONFIG_SOLARIS_X86_PARTITION is not set> # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set> CONFIG_NLS=y> > #> # Native Language Support> #> CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="cp437"> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_737 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_775 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_852 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_855 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_857 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_860 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_861 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_862 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_863 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_864 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_865 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_866 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_869 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_874 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_932 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_936 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_949 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_950 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_3 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_4 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_5 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_6 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_7 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_8 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_9 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_14 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_15 is not set> # CONFIG_NLS_KOI8_R is not set> > #> # Console drivers> #> CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y> # CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT is not set> # CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE is not set> # CONFIG_FB is not set> > #> # Sound> #> # CONFIG_SOUND is not set> > #> # Kernel hacking> #> CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y> > > -- > Ben Greear (greearb@candelatech.com) http://www.candelatech.com> Author of ScryMUD: scry.wanfear.com 4444 (Released under GPL)> http://scry.wanfear.comhttp://scry.wanfear.com/~greear> -> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/>

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